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José Matias

José Maria Eça de Queiroz Original title José Matias (Portuguese, 1897)

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“Love makes man spiritual – and woman material.”

O amor espiritualiza o homem – e materializa a mulher.
"José Matias" (1897), collected in Contos (1902); translation by Luís Marques from The Yellow Sofa & Three Portraits (1993) p. 145.

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“I came to the conclusion – as one invariably does in philosophy – that I was up against a primary cause and therefore an insoluble one.”

Concluí, como se conclui sempre em Filosofia, que me encontrava diante duma Causa Primaria, portanto impenetrável.
"José Matias" (1897), collected in Contos (1902); translation by Luís Marques from The Yellow Sofa & Three Portraits (1993) p. 152.

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